<i>Euprymna berryi</i> as a comparative model host for <i>Vibrio fischeri</i> light organ symbiosis.

ABSTRACT: Functional studies of host-microbe interactions benefit from natural model systems that enable exploration of molecular mechanisms at the host-microbe interface. Bioluminescent Vibrio fischeri colonize the light organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, and this binary model has enabled advances in understanding host-microbe communication, colonization specificity, in vivo biofilms, intraspecific competition, and quorum sensing. The hummingbird bobtail squid, Euprymna berryi, can be generationally bred and maintained in lab settings and has had multiple genes deleted by CRISPR approaches. The prospect of expanding the utility of the light organ model system by producing multigenerational host lines led us to determine the extent to which the E.

SUBMITTER: Imes AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12132309 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature